Oedipus the King

Informationen zum Autor Don Taylor (1936-2003) was a playwright and poet, and a director of theatre, television and radio plays. He worked as drama director at the BBC, and between 1960 and 1990, he directed nearly a hundred television plays. He translated and directed for BBC Television the Theban plays of Sophocles – Oedipus the King , Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus . He followed this with translations of three Euripides war plays – Iphigenia at Aulis , The Women of Troy and Helen . He was co-director of Compass Theatre for while and set up First Writes Radio with Ellen Dryden. Don Taylor’s many stage plays include The Roses of Eyam , The Exorcism , Daughters of Venice , Brotherhood , When the Actors Come , Retreat from Moscow , When the Barbarians Came and his last play The Road to the Sea . Klappentext Since it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles' greatest tragedy and one of the foundation stones of western drama. Taken as a model by Aristotle in his Poetics , it became a yardstick for future generations. Since the play's rediscovery in the Renaissance, audiences - including Sigmund Freud - have found new interpretations and meanings in Sophocles' portrayal of the Theban king, inexorably pursuing the truth, only to discover that he has killed his father and married his mother. This translation by Don Taylor, accurate yet poetic, was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban Plays in 1986, which he also directed. Commentary and notes by Angie Varakis.A Student Edition of Sophocles' greatest tragedy in Don Taylor's acclaimed translation. With full commentary, notes and questions for further study this is the perfect edition for every student of drama, literature and classics. Zusammenfassung A Student Edition of Sophocles' greatest tragedy in Don Taylor's acclaimed translation. With full commentary, notes and questions for further study this is the perfect edition for every student of drama, literature and classics....

Product details

• Authors: Sophocles
• Assisted by: Sara Freeman (Editor), Chris Megson (Editor), Matthew Nichols (Editor), Jenny Stevens (Editor), Angie Varakis (Editor), Dr Angie Varakis (Editor), Angie Varakis (Introduction), Don Taylor (Translation), Don W. Taylor (Translation)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2008
• EAN: 9780713686760
• ISBN: 978-0-7136-8676-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Student Editions; Student Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights